others known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but an end to see iran libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continued torture of prisoners say the doctors and now after two inmates died from the beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable hour rule is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. in the former gadhafi stronghold of bani walid locals pushed out their terms useful

council forces claiming systematic abuse it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion on eighteenth of february the african migrants were rounded up locked in a detention center and burnt to death and the n.p.c. expressed support for this time and this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule that was given the green light of the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought the m.t.c. to power is by itself raising question is. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to alleviate to investigate some of the tool that it bears entity of were with. in the throngs. and they were guiding

the air raids and directing them and could have been eating them if you are mandated. that. it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of my eyes i saw the killing of fifty one people in front of my eyes the youngest was fifteen years old and while all sides and the live in conflict are to blame for violence and violations the human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoings investigating what happened during libya's seven months civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians this fact finding mission discovered again crimes against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed light on what happened and not to repeat deadly mistakes in recent united nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by

militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . but libya's post gadhafi government the national transitional council has so far failed to bring peace and stability to the country coming up later this hour here on our team of people of bell and his guests on cross-talk debate why the militias who overthrew the colonel are reluctant to obey the new leaders. who the hell is the n.p.c. who are these people after all these months it's still very opaque who are they. well you know we we know these are people who who who were privileged under the old regime and who decided they could be more privileged under a western style regime i think you know this thing about wanting democracy well

when i've seen it all you do here because there's just not here only us where everyone finished i haven't said anything in here interrupting me. i. saying there you have you said. which are simply not true one my problem is that my problem with the n.p.c. is that a lot of the. exiles that have come back and some of my actually lived in the suburbs of langley and that's my issue ok why issue is that these are western gets us as a matter of fact one of the issues in libya is right now that when you talk to libyans they refer to the t.n.c. the transitional council as a government off foreigners and so i think you put your finger right on the mounties are not cronies of gadhafi as a matter of fact most of those people have been arranged out of the t.n.c. has brought in and i'm not even going to. we're exiles. in a sense that this part of the problem and why they're not legitimate is because

they really have no standing in the country at this point. well more angry protests have broken out in poland of the government gave it supports to a little known international piracy treaty activists say the pact actor but open doors for the monitoring of online activities and choke freedom of expression poland joined several other e.u. countries in a closed door signing ceremony in japan on thursday. with censorship the n.c.i. country a few trade agreement known as act which poland signed on thursday has upset many internet users across the country in the small town of lupul in alone several thousand people hit the streets fearing the treaty would allow corporations to crackdown on the freedom of speech online the idea of funding. for publishing

the. material was somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knives. as for names being used to kill somebody that will be used to our internet activity i believe talking through the internet email jockeying for a form of self-expression this was yet another rally in a whole string of protests held in poland since tuesday large crowds in several cities voiced their anger at the government for signing the document most of the country's government websites were hijacked by the anonymous group they had cursed threatened to reveal sensitive information about the authorities should they go ahead with the act there are certain countries which are very interested. this is this is of america this is job. and because they were strong businesses.

or property and they want to enforce it all over the world but this doesn't mean that this is good for the people and this is why would we have this protest in poland because people feel oppressed by that essentially act is about protecting intellectual property from music and books pharmaceuticals and clothes similar in form to the stalled u.s. bill sopa and people that also sparked widespread protests however critics say act it was engineered in complete secrecy bypassing government procedures and the criminal punishment it allows did many in the legislation must be founded in the public opinion of what's right and wrong when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition does something useful murder and genocide this is such an abuse of power i think its time is more than ripe for

a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out. just terrorists. if you doubt this will happen given that prime minister to six party hold the majority in the say the government says the agreement is not a threat to freedom but maintain the internet should not be a space of legal. but protesters say they will bring even more people to warsaw central square on friday to stop it becoming law in the space of just three days protests all have managed to gather tens of thousands of people and while this is still little chance that this bill would not make it through parliament the release i mean likely to die down let's you know the r.t. reporting from poland. where laws kay of the u.k. pirate party says the agreement is just as outrageous and hopeful a similar parsonage islay sion abandoned by lawmakers in america following last

protests this is part of a line along a long line of attacks on civil liberties and internet freedom the actor agreement is just the right step in. these moves that we've seen the the soap agreement which was already dropped by the united states under a wave of wave protests now the actor agreement has the potential to be just as dangerous or even more so to the very fabric of the internet and our economy is so so put it it's actually going to mean that there's going to be an arms an acceptable level of surveillance on all of our internet connection is essentially what this agreement dollars is your internet service provider into a kind of police officer and that's really one of the problems but the changes that this agreement brings about it makes a copyright infringer different from

a criminal offense which is in fact entirely new move. what's ahead for you this hour the fiscal function of the year the world economic forum bridges its third day as international reviews and shakers continue talks about the future of the global economy. iran says it's considering cutting oil supplies to europe preempting and e.u. we're due to come into force in june i thrones lawmakers are set to debate the move already the subject of a draft bill on sunday comes off you impose sanctions an attempt to force it back to negotiation table its nuclear program iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad's says tehran is ready to return to talks but its opponents need to compromise. from become pain against sanctions and military intervention in iran says the country is acting to protect its sovereignty. the grace period that the vision for six months

. ago to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hand and the other issue is that it shows the complex of the offering in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds and that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national. be wrong there chose that disconnect between. his harlem and his people because this is a model is not something that is going to be to the benefit of both and there's also this kind of fifteen european governments and their parliament as well i mean it's not the most ideal situation for iran because iran has to find different consumers for the costumers where it's all about the same time iran is going to be to decrease is dependence on the petro dollar this is a very good thing in the lot longer and of course they remain middle class small businesses who would actually do business with him businesses that are going to

suffer but that is the iran claims that that is for short term and in the long term . this is actually going to lead to more independence for iran as a whole as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses while the u.s. and europe continue to hit a role with sanctions and strong rhetoric the suggestion of military action against the islamic republic many americans called what is going to church attorneys in the country's capital to gauge opinion. so while the obama administration says its war with iran is still on the table and washington hawks come up with even harsher statements which we should brace the iranian regime i think within a year the majority of americans may sense that their opposition to more wars which is reflected in always and polls is being ignored in washington residents of charlottesville in virginia took the matter to their city council which passed the resolution calling on the federal government to and all its wars and avoid starting

a new one with iran the biggest threat right now is that we will get jackknifed into or a war against iran which would be a disaster for the people of iran and for the people of charlottesville and the rest of our country david swanson is the co-author of the resolution adopted by the charlottesville city council or. if you will as always been against wars unless pushed in dragged by very manipulative propaganda and they have been trying those who want war on iran have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get the american people on board i went out on the street to see how many people i would meet who want the u.s. to attack iran. do you think the u.s. should attack iran no no not at all the last thing we should do though it's a terrible idea one of the worst ideas i think i have heard a while yeah that would be horrible yeah because they're good guys but because. i

think another war is just a horrific idea look all the republicans you've got certain ones over that who want to give just can't wait to get us in war it really doesn't look good at all do you think the u.s. should attack iran yes just one out of more than a dozen interviews and it's not just people on the street but many experts in the security field warn against starting a war with iran including the former acting director of the cia people keep saying that the military option is. it is still on the table i think it would be a very bad option but the latter one to use one of the big problems with iran is that if you get into. an open confrontation military confrontation your risk a cycle of retaliation and response. with great difficulty seeing where the end point is the question one may ask is how does washington continue talking wars with so many americans against them i have a hard time think you know of any example of any issue on which the conduct of our

government in washington or responds with majority opinion war is not some kind of exception the public is against bailouts for bankers the public is against subsidies for energy companies the public is against wars the public is against just about every decision made on important issues in washington the fact of the matter is that majority of americans don't want a new wars on their plate poll showed they were opposed to u.s. involvement in libya as well but the government went about it anyway many says that the rift between what americans want and what leaders do in the name of the american people is getting larger i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. but much more a few just a few clicks away log on to our web site to get the latest updates on the best videos as it takes for you this hour. long shot one republican presidential candidate puts forward the proposal of making satellites america's fifty first

state. plus the moscow crowns a successful young scholar at an annual student beauty contest. the third day of the world economic forum is just a few hours from getting underway as a business and they prepare to tackle a global financial crisis an attempt to restore economic confidence the future of china and you razor is expected to dominate today's agenda along with other vital issues lottie's during this to report. it's day three of the world economic forum but things are certainly not slowing down if anything they are continuing to get more into the problems the economic problems that really are the ones that are a focus of the globe and at the people here we will of course given that here a lot more on the eurozone crisis this is really something that has cast

a cloud over this entire forum with it being the headache for the global economy as angela merkel pointed out in her remarks probably quite fit only when this forum opened up but will also hear on a number of other issues we will hear about politics there will be discussion of the arab spring implications we'll hear from the prime minister of tunisia we'll hear from the presidential candidate egypt about what the arab spring means for those economies and also for investment we'll also hear more on emerging economies and on the big guys we'll hear about china's economic outlook why is there pessimism with the economy that's expected to grow nine percent it's a great question we'll see what they come up with and also a number of russian participants will speak about the global energy outlook financial competitiveness and also the future of eurasia so those are some of the things that we're going to hear on the official agenda but do not forget it davos there is a whole other agenda which is what is happening on the sidelines and in private

meetings and in private parties bilateral meetings for diplomats business meetings for any kind of executives or people trying to get investment whether it's a charity or a state or a country so this is a lot of what goes on here we'll keep you posted on how this all unfolds on day three but for now from the world economic forum in davos switzerland i'm lauren lyster. well to get more on the business deals that have been conducted the world economic forum you can stay tuned for a financial update that's coming up in just a couple of stuff. for us though some world news in brief for you this so the u.s. supply lines to cut one hundred thousand troops is good for small to the military. restructuring comes that the pentagon prepares for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of cuts over the next ten years this will still leave the u.s. military larger and stronger than it was before the wars in iraq and afghanistan the government will continue to spend their own eighty eight billion dollars a year on combat operations in afghanistan tensions in the country are still high

as the taliban counters western troops often leading to civilian casualties. syrian rebels have clashed with troops in a town just north of the nastiness two hundred people were detained by security forces as they raided homes looking for weapons and suspects in the town of rumor eventually governor to do shoot a cease fire as a ten month revolt against president creeps closer to damascus. later today expected to discuss the syrian crisis which is claimed. to new york where details of a shipment containing sixteen kilos of cocaine seized last week at the u.n. headquarters have just been released the package with fake united nations insignia was shipped from mexico through cincinnati. spokesman says the u.n. anyone in the cage at the headquarters where the intended recipients officials

believe it was the bungled attempt of drug traffickers trying to ship narcotics into america. the new footage from brazil has emerged showing people fleeing from a cloud of dust and debris after three buildings collapsed in rio de janeiro authorities are still investigating the cause of the collapse but it's believed that illegal construction work was responsible for people have been confirmed dead by the city's mayor as rescue workers continue to search for twenty two students. well even if you are in florence moscow is never too far away in an hour's time join martin entries as he takes to the streets of italy in search of a slice of russian. there's been a russian orthodox church on the site since my theory three built by the russian community and foreign time artists suffered a considerable damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and

exotic in much is the city's cultural heritage perfectly reflecting in the true architectural style of seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with orthodox worshippers from all over tuscany. crooners next now with the business. it's twenty three past eleven am here in moscow welcome to business rain only sun is moving closer to increasing its share in the russian carmaker after the us speaking at two r.t. at the devils the canal that form the head of the alliance said that the agreement could even come within weeks it's pledged to raise the share from the current twenty five percent to fifty percent carla's corn expects after the us to have the

lion's share airlines growing sales and crash. there is a lot of progress hopefully shown i'm not going to tell you when but soon we'll be able to announce for you a positive conclusion hopefully weeks maybe months but i don't think it should last we have a goal of forty percent participation to help market share of the seed the largest part of feed when we come from which is of a brand of of the us and it will be supported by renault from outside the nissan from the other side so it's got it's a few teamwork made by three brands addressing different different people. despite global economic uncertainty russia's biggest lenders bear bank achieved strong results and two thousand and eleven is deputy chairman says the final preferred financial performance has probably made it one of the world's top ten banks in cost to income ratio the bank is now strongly counting on overseas expansion it plans to

make five percent profit abroad within three years and interview in davos again cough told r.t. about the bank's expansion strategy. yes we launched offices in germany china and india last year but the most important thing is that we agreed to buy the eastern european volk sponge international we're going to close the deal on the fifteenth of february and start operating in eight european countries who are also interested in polish in turkish markets it's hard to talk about the new deal so far but we see great opportunities for acquisitions. the sale of state owned stake in bareback may take place this year deputy chairman of russia's central bank alex says that the government is counting on the price of around one hundred rubles or around three dollars per share status selling seven point six percent stake in the lender. a double dip recession in europe is all but in reality the confidence problems are also drag on the rest of the world and the international monetary fund now things

global growth this year will slow to three point three percent from four percent as was predicting a few months ago russia is not immune to titian says the country can realize its growth potential it could be less exposed takes to shocks if it focuses for economic policies. one is to firmly anchor the government budget on a target for the low deficit and that target we have recommended should be four point seven percent of g.d.p. that has to be achieved by two thousand and fifteen second is motor to policy focused on stable inflation firmly anchored by the central bank's move to form inflation targeting third is to develop the financial system assure its stability so it can mobilize say being directed to your productive investment and civil here is very important to strengthen supervision to give the central bank the adequate powers to pursue active and substantive supervision of banks to avoid that you have their view that that could be of stock based system and to look for

slowly but surely we should. improve the investment environment here there's a whole range of issues that have to do with the role of state in the call of the it has to be rules and regulations red tape has to do or option that has to do with the court system. very was defiant the progress has been slow the goods positive exception is that russia is now moving forward towards dilute your membership which we think we have major benefits not just for russia but also for the countries that have a look at the markets now heading higher the concerns about iranian exports exports the international monetary fund warns of a twenty thirty percent price bike if there disrupt that grand blanc is trading at one hundred and eleven dollars. close to one hundred dollars a barrel now onto equities most asian stock markets struggle at the end of a modestly positive week she has gained with minus pushing the. hang seng is

training. over a quarter of a percent and the nikkei is slightly down weighed by day with securities group that fell three percent. the s. and markets opened the trading day low one of the r.t.s. is losing a quarter of a. is losing. the minds it's likely the r.t.s. is losing a quarter of a percent let's check out the biggest movies on the why is it spread bank is on the rise held by the news about its privatisation energy majors are losing ground despite strong oil price. is down around with third of a percent m.k.s. also lower and the mental giant has increased production by seven percent in two thousand and that the. currency is now the ruble is lowered to the dollar amid weakening global demand for whisky and some profit taking ahead of the weekend however the russian currency is advancing against the euro and the dollar has dropped against the euro. well let's update for this hour back in about fifteen

minutes with more. culture is that so much given to huge music is on the mark with libya intervention like in the specter of civil war libya's transitional way from the gadhafi regime is proving far more problematic. you know are sometimes you see

a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. there recap of our top stories shocking revelations in an already troubled post gadhafi libya has human rights groups accusing miniature torturing detainees to death honestly internationalists ringing the alarm and doctors without borders has already pulled out of the city of misrata in protest cities. poland witnesses further protests against the government signing of an international piracy act

designed to enforce internet or property rights but activists on the street say the agreement known as an actor. would infringe on the internet freedom and lead to online censorship. and iran considers oil sales to europe preemptively use decision to stop importing oil from the country in july as a war against tehran escalates in the west border americans voice their opposition to any possible military confrontation. now people are valid is cross-talk guests debate what's in store for the new libya that's next.